Mental Health Resources

• St. Jude Hospital - Helping Preschool Children Cope with Death
• NAEYC - Explaining Death to Preschool Children
• Bereavement Reactions of Children and Young People by Age Group
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Grief and Children

• Talking to Children About School Shootings 
• Talking to Children About Terrorist Attacks and School and Community Shootings in the News 
• American Psychological Association - Helping Children Manage Distress in the Aftermath of a Shooting
• Vanderbuilt University - Coping with Reactions to School Shootings
• National Association of School Psychologists - Helping Children Cope with Terrorism 

• NAMI - 5 Things You Can Do to Help Your Child with Depression
• AACAP - Anxiety Disorders Resource Center
• NIH - Supportive Parenting Can Reduce Child's Anxiety
• CDC - Anxiety and Depression in Children
• ADAA - Anxiety and Depression in Children
• Cleveland Clinic - Depression in Children

Washtenaw County

• Washtenaw County Community Mental Health 24-hour hotline: 734-544-3050   
• UM Health System Psychiatric Emergency Services hotline: 734-936-5900
• Ozone House 24-hour hotline: 734-662-2222
• Regional Alliance for Healthy Schools 24-hour hotline: 734-936-5900
• Veteran's Crisis Line 1-800-273-8255
• Local College Crisis Centers
• Statewide Crisis Centers

Washtenaw County Community Mental Health
Call 734-544-3050 or 1-800-440-7548 to reach the Washtenaw County Community Mental Health 24-hour hotline. 

U of M Depression Center

• ULifeline online resource for college mental health

U of M Psychiatric Emergency Services

Services (PES) provides emergency/urgent walk-in evaluation and crisis phone services available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for people of all ages.  Crisis phone service: 734-936-5900.   24 hours / 7 days

Child Mind Institute

• For information about a range of health topics: https://childmind.org/topics-a-z/
• For parent guides related to those topics: https://childmind.org/guides/